Workshop: Disability and Your Rights at Work

A purple poster with text on while background. Heading text reads "DISABILITY AND YOUR RIGHTS AT WORK". Next line reads "with Canberra Community Law and the Working Women's Centre". Logo on left: Working Women's Centre ACT. Logo on right: Canberra Community Law. Two white circles below with text. Left circle text reads: 'IN PERSON. Tuesday 19 May 11am-1pm. Ainslie Arts Centre, Elouera Street, Braddon'. Text in right circle reads: 'ONLINE. Wednesday 20 May. 6-7.30pm Online va Zoom'. 3 cartoons at the bottom: left is of a hand pushing a 'REPORT' button, the middle is a building with the Scales of Justice at the front, right is of a person holding a sign that says 'EMBRACE EQUALITY'

This was a workshop on disability discrimination law, disclosure and reasonable adjustments in the workplace. It also featured information on when to talk to a lawyer.

This was a free workshop for women, non-binary and gender diverse people with disabilities.

Canberra Community Law (CCL) and the Working Women’s Centre ACT (WWC) presented a workshop on how they help people with disability workplace issues.

The workshop included:

  • Your rights on disclosing your disability at work
  • How to access your entitlements
  • Reasonable adjustments – how to get the things you need to do your job
  • Discrimination law
  • How to make a complaint through the Human Rights Commission
  • How to keep a record of your workplace concerns
  • Understanding workplace sexual harassment, your rights, and protections
  • When to talk to a lawyer
  • Where to go for help

The resources from this workshop will be coming soon!